cnn director mike pompeo met secretly with kim jong-un in pyongyang earlier this month. he was accompanied by intelligence officials but did not take anyone from the white house or state department with him in meeting with kim over easter weekend, laying the groundwork for a late may or early june summit between the north korean leader and president trump. cnn s will ripley tracking the latest from hong kong. extraordinary developments, and no one knows the situation like you. you ve been to pyongyang more than a dozen times. what s your reaction? reporter: it is encouraging to those watching that mike pompeo was able to have a relatively pleasant meeting with kim jong-un. the north korean leader walked into the room. a source familiar with the meeting tells me that he was personable and well prepared. he had several sheets of notes in front of him. he spoke with mike pompeo. the big thing they were trying to work out is logistics, where are they going to have the summit. president t
began with what s believed to be kim s train. cnn asia-pacific editor andrew stevens in the chinese capital what can you tell us about this surprise two-day trip? the big news, it is kim jong-un. that was the general feeling, that it was kim, given the level of security that there has been in beijing for the last couple of days. he arrived with his wife, we re just finding out that it was at the ins equation of the chinese. president xi jinping inviting kim over to talk. obviously about what s going to be happening at the talks, inter-korean talks, the big summit with donald trump later in may. what i m just getting now, this is a the xinhua state news agency quoting kim jong-un himself saying, if south korea and the united states kindly respond to our effort, create an atmosphere of stability and
was because of some figure of authority had demanded her pull over. was it possible that bridger was correct, that a policeman or someone in authority had pulled kim over? based upon the position of the jeep, the fact that the driver s license appeared to be missing, one of the investigators early on believed that this could be a blue-light bandit or perhaps even a police officer involved in the stop of the vehicle. a blue-light bandit is someone who mounts a police light on his vehicle and uses it to prey on innocent people. this theory was bolstered by the fact that kim s driver s side window was down. if you logically looked at it, it really narrowed down the reason she pulled over. and it didn t take long before a witness came forward to corroborate this theory. a motorist said he was driving
the only reason she pulled over was because of some figure of authority had demanded her pull over. was it possible that bridger was correct, that a policeman or someone in authority had pulled kim over? based upon the position of the jeep, the fact that the driver s license appeared to be missing, one of the investigators early on believed that this could be a blue light bandit or perhaps even a police officer involved in the stop of the vehicle. a blue light bandit is someone who mounts a police light on his vehicle and uses it to prey on innocent people. this theory was bolstered by the fact that kim s driver s side window was down. if you logically looked at it, it really narrowed down the reason she pulled over. and it didn t take long before a witness came forward to corroborate this theory.
the only reason she pulled over was because of some figure of authority had demanded her pull over. was it possible that bridger was correct, that a policeman or someone in authority had pulled kim over? based upon the position of the jeep, the fact that the driver s license appeared to be missing, one of the investigators early on believed that this could be a blue light bandit or perhaps even a police officer involved in the stop of the vehicle. a blue light bandit is someone who mounts a police light on his vehicle and uses it to prey on innocent people. this theory was bolstered by the fact that kim s driver s side window was down. if you logically looked at it, it really narrowed down the reason she pulled over. and it didn t take long before a witness came forward to corroborate this theory.